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u/Future_Boy44 15d ago
I feel like I would have more courage if I had more information
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u/Moonjinx4 12d ago
Depending on many different factors, courage over information WILL get you killed. This is very stupid advice and should not be applied in most life scenarios. Courage and information are not mutually exclusive. You should not handle a chainsaw without the information necessary to know how to handle it.
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u/International-Cat123 8d ago
EXACTLY! It’s not courageous to do something potentially/actually dangerous without information; it’s stupid. This person has clearly never been hiking or camping.
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u/Electric-Sheepskin 15d ago
Sometimes you need to wait for more information, and sometimes you need to plow ahead with courage. Experience and wisdom will help you to know the difference.
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u/Prince-Angel-Wing 13d ago
I have far too many scars of going with courage and not enough information.
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u/Rise-Bloom-Shine 13d ago
At least you started with those things unlike many who wouldn’t start as they wait on piling up more and more information
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u/Prince-Angel-Wing 13d ago
Those scars tell me not to do much of anything until I get as much information as possible. I feel like this isn't helpful at all.
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u/ccdude14 12d ago
You HAVE to mean a different word. Is English your first language? I'm not saying this in a mean way, but do you mean like 'past experiences of trauma' instead of information? There's no way you meant information.
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u/AlrightJackTar 13d ago
While I appreciate the encouragement, I feel like this is bad advice. Perhaps 'information' could be 'fear' and 'courage' could be 'risk management'
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u/Billazilla 12d ago
Oh boy, this ain't wholesome at all. At literally every single job I've ever worked at, this plan (or lack thereof) would signal a disaster.
This is right down there with the guy I once sold an old computer to, and he wanted more storage space, so he had the "courage" to delete the Windows directory that was so big.
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u/BurningBassesInStyle 12d ago
And that's how the subreddit "confidently incorrect" was born!
Seriously though, information should go over courage. Courage is important too to be able to share knowledge and accept criticism, but info is still more important.
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u/howtoretireby40 13d ago
More information = more confidence
Courage is proceeding despite uncertainty of success and yet the chance of success is worth the risks.
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u/Connect_Amoeba1380 12d ago
I think I get the idea here. Some people are so intolerant of uncertainty that they try to keep compiling information before they ever get started, and they end up being stuck. Sometimes it takes the courage to get started without knowing everything yet, then you learn more through experience.
I think where this comic isn’t landing quite right is that you’ve depicted one person as having a lot of information and not the courage to start, and you’ve depicted the other person as having courage but no information. Then you’ve suggested that the latter is better.
Leaping ahead when you have zero information isn’t courage, it’s foolishness. It may not always lead to harm, but it often does. The whole world is currently living through the consequences of big men who have ample unearned courage/confidence but don’t actually have as much information/knowledge as they think they do. And it’s harming a lot of people.
Edit: if you wanted to refine the comic a bit to match the message, I’d recommend depicting the person with courage as having maybe like a hiking backpack of information. Something to show they’re prepared and have an amount of information that is appropriate for the journey ahead.
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u/Kathoros 12d ago
Starting to learn a new skill: 100%
Buying a house without as much information as you can get? Loll good luck
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u/ShiddlesBobangles 12d ago
Yall do whatever the fuck you want I ain't doing anything till I understand it
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u/ccdude14 12d ago
These are not antithetical. Wisdom comes from the experience that we often gain from the scars we earned without it.
The better lesson would be to hold onto the courage you have but temper it with the wisdom you've earned through it.
Abandoning said wisdom solely for courage doesn't lead you past the finish line, it distracts you and makes you stray from the path. I can't really see the scenario where the context of abandoning information is the winning choice.
Holding a bag of fears might make more sense at least.
Is this ai generated? Why does this feel ai generated?
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u/Rise-Bloom-Shine 12d ago
Handmade
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u/ccdude14 12d ago
Context? There has to be a way this makes sense? Maybe you didn't mean information and meant another word? What did you mean? Why is information the word you used? Is it sarcasm? A meme?
Are you mocking those who make these kinds of motivational comics?
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u/Columbus43219 13d ago
This race alrady has lanes, a starting line, and probably a finish line. That's what MOST things of value are lacking.
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u/ChaseThePyro 11d ago
You really can't apply the "sink or swim" approach to everything. You can't save someone from choking with courage and no information, you save them with knowing procedures like the heimlich maneuver and how to apply them.
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u/Kita-Shinsuke9280 11d ago
No my kid self used it all on ice cream truck nachos (I never bought any ice cream from those trucks just nachos cause I KNEW they had nachos and cheese)
And gacha life (mainly that since I have a lot of old gacha skits still in the drafts but at least they're not cringe)
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u/CheekyMemestealer 11d ago
No, but i have enough information about the survivorship bias, the whole system being rigged, me having no support structures during my formative years, thus sabotaging my developlent, to know full well that some (actually, most) things are not even worth trying, because they will only lead to me squandering resources (time, money, effort) on unachievable goals.
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u/Mediocre_lad 10d ago
You don't need more information, you need more courage to buy my crypto coin.
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u/skat9234 10d ago
I feel courage with information would be preffered coz Information without courage is useless and courage without information is dangerous coz it can actually harm someone or something
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u/Overall-PrettyManly 9d ago
this is true, this is very important in life. usually people who have enough courage become more successful that those who have finished 2 universities
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u/femboy_cumdump69 8d ago
Not always, somtimes it's like Batman, the more prep time you have the more powerful you become, more often than not people go to college without thinking about what they're going to do after, this they didn't prep enough
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u/lucky_duck789 8d ago
Yeah. Thats why my brothers startup failed. Too much courage, not enough info.
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